Washington Watch Articles From 2003
STUPIDAND CRUEL
followed by the assassination of Ismail Abu Shanab can only be defined as astonishingly cruel and stupid.
GIVE IT A CHANCE
WASHINGTON—There are some positives, some negatives and some very real dangers ahead on the “Road Map” to peace. I want to focus, for a moment, on the positives.
TROUBLING BUT HELPFUL: U.S.-IRAQI DIALOGUE
In March and then again this past week, I had the opportunity to host a televised dialogue between students in the United States and groups of Iraqis in Baghdad.
AN IMPORTANT NIGHT FOR THE SPIRIT OF HUMANITY
In the most difficult of times, Arab Americans convened their annual Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity awards dinner in Washington, DC.
US ATTITUDES TOWARD ARABS SHOW SOME POSITIVE CHANGE
With war looming in the Middle East, the U.S. public continues to hold mixed attitudes toward many Arab countries.